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PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

W. S. WARD.

HOOK. APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1905.

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WILLIAM S. WARD, OF PLANTSVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO H. D. SMITH &COMPANY, OF PLANTSYILLE, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Application filed May 17, 1905. Serial No. 260,873.

To a whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. WARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Plantsville, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hooks for handling boxes, bales,and the like; and the objects of my improvement are simplicity andeconomy in construction and at the same time to produce an efficientarticle, especially with reference to a firm and substantial connectionof the handle with the shank of the hook.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of my hook.Fig. 2 is an enlarged edge view of a portion of the shank of the hook,together with the handle in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a sectionalelevation of the handle and portion of the shank on the line 90 a: ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side view of the head of the shank, the handle andhandle-rod being removed; and Fig. 5 is a sectional elevationcorresponding with Fig. 3 and show* ing a modification.

The main portion 5 of the hook may be of any ordinary form, and so,also, may all of the shank 6 except its head 7 and hubs or bosses 8. Ihave shown the hook with a handle which is round in cross-section or endview, and this is the preferred form. The head 7 is of a plate-like formof the same size and form when viewed as in Fig. 1 as the largest partof the handle-woods 9 and of about the same thickness at its edge as theflattened shank 6. In the center of this head 7 on each of its broadsides Iform a conical-shaped boss 8, the said bosses constituting a partof the complete head. I prefer to form the sides of the head outside ofthe bosses with slight concave recesses, or, in other words, I make thehead thicker at the periphery than it is at the junction of the bosses,as shown in Fig. 3. The main portion of the hook 5, shank 6, head 7, andthe bosses 8 are all forged in one piece of metal. The bosses aredrilled or punched and then threaded to receive the threaded ends 10 ofthe two-part handle-rod. The body 15 of each part of the handle-rod ispreferably made square in cross-section, so as to prevent thehandle-woods 9 from rotating, and the outer end is provided with aflange or cap 13. The handle-woods may be of wood or analogous lightmaterial and are perforated axially to receive the handle-rod andcounterbored at the end which faces the head, so as to receive thebosses. The inner ends of the handle-woods are also slightly beveled, asat 12, Fig. 3, to make them fit the overhanging or undercut sides of thehead 7. There are two of these handle-woods, one on each side of thehead. I prefer to make the inner face of the caps or flanges of anunderout form, as shown in. Fig. 3, and to correspondingly bevel theends of the handlewoods, so as to slightly enter the side of the caps orflanges, as sh own at 14, Fig. 3. Thus forming the ends of thehandle-woods and abutting faces therefor so that said ends slightlyenter the caps and head has a tendency to prevent the handle-woods fromsplitting and gives them a neat and substantial form. The holes throughthe handle-woods should be square. The two parts of the handle-rods arefirst inserted through the handlewoods and then theirthreaded ends arefirmly I part handle-rod. In both forms the construction is simple andinexpensive for a good article and the shank and handle are firmly anddurably connected.

I claim as my invention- 1. A hook having a flattened shank and anintegral head of the same size and form in side view as the adjacentportion of the handle, bosses on the sides of the said head, ahandle-rod mounted in the said bosses, and handle-Woods secured upon thesaid handlerod. on the opposite sides of the said head.

2. A hook having a shank and a head intogral with the said shank, ahandle-rod1nount ed in the said head and projecting in both directionstherefrom, handle-woods mounted on the said handle-rod on each side ofthe said head, and caps on the ends of the said handle-rod to hold thesaid Woods in place,

the sides of the said head and caps being undercut and the ends of thehandle-Woods beveled to set into the said undercut sides.

3. A hook having a flattened shank and a 5 head of the same size andform in side View as the adjacent portion of the handle, bosses on thesides of the said head having threaded ho1es, a two-part handle-rod,each part havbig one end screw-threaded to fit into the said bosses, andhaving a cap at its other end, 10 and handle-Woods secured upon the twoparts of the said handle-rod.

WILLIAM S. WARD. Witnesses:

JAMES SHEPARD, FRED. E. POTTER.

